Utter BS. OPEC and the Arab League control nearly 70% of total world oil production, the US will never be "energy independent"...Why else do you think the US continues to seek wars, interfere and generally be a nuisance in middle eastern affairs? Because they are trying to spread democracy? Why not go spread democracy to china?

Its all about trying to gain leverage and influence on oil supplies that they know they will always be dependent on.

Let me spell this out for you by writing in big LETTERS SO YOU PAY ATTENTION;

VIRTUALLY ALL INCREASES IN DOMESTIC OIL DRILLING IN THE UNTIED STATES HAVE BEEN DONE ON PRIVATE LANDS THROUGH PRIVATE BUSINESSES. IN FACT, OBAMA HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN TO STOP OIL DRILLING IN THE UNITED STATES. FINALLY, RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS PULLING BACK ON A DEAL THAT WOULD ALLOW SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF GOVERNMENT OWNED LAND TO BE USED FOR OIL DRILLING CITING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

Only morons like you could possibly be duped into believing Obama's nonsense. Between oil drilling and fracking, we should be energy independent already. But guess who is overwhelmingly opposed to both?

WHATEVER THE REASON MAY BE... AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE US HAS DOUBLED THEIR OIL PRODUCTION COMPARED TO ANYTIME UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION(S).

MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED WHY THE BUSH FAMILY WAS IN LOVE WITH THE SAUDIS SO FUCKING MUCH INSTEAD OF APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT OBAMA DOES NOT.

Utter BS. OPEC and the Arab League control nearly 70% of total world oil production, the US will never be "energy independent"...Why else do you think the US continues to seek wars, interfere and generally be a nuisance in middle eastern affairs? Because they are trying to spread democracy? Why not go spread democracy to china?

Its all about trying to gain leverage and influence on oil supplies that they know they will always be dependent on.

The cost of shipping oil is too high. the US is self sufficient but chooses to sell and trade its own oil. The only claim to fame of the Saudis is that they have the cleanest and purest petroleum. Alaska has proven to have a vast oil supply.

The fear mongoring about the US needing Saudi oil to support terrorism is bullshit. That an incident in Iran can raise oil by 50 cents. The Oil companies are a bunch of fucking thieves.

A decade ago certain Saudis ranked among the top 5 richest men in the world. Over the last decade oil consumption as grew 10 fold and the cost 5 fold, imagine how much fucking richer these assholes are today. They are easily hundred billionaires and soon to be trillionaires.

The fact that new russian oil billionaires are worth 20-40 billion, the saudi sheiks may already be trillionaires.

That's because of drilling and fracking on private land. If the environmental liberals have their way, more lands will be closed to extract our great resources. Natural gas is a great thing for all people in the US and we should support it for so many reasons.

That's because of drilling and fracking on private land. If the environmental liberals have their way, more lands will be closed to extract our great resources. Natural gas is a great thing for all people in the US and we should support it for so many reasons.